The home of the Tampa Bay Lightning has a new name. The NHL team announced Wednesday the nearly 30-year-old building in downtown Tampa is now called Benchmark International Arena as part of a multiyear agreement with the mergers and acquisitions company.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...

The deal between Benchmark and Vinik Sports Group, terms of which were not disclosed, includes $3 million in community contributions.